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Project Manager for Custom Software Development in St. Louis

We are looking for someone that will be incredible in this position. If after reading the job description below, you don’t feel you are overqualified, please do not apply.

We have created a casual work environment with a lot of autonomy. We are a values driven organization and pride ourselves on having a workplace with open communication and mutual respect. We exist to help other people.

We are a bunch of software geeks and engineers that have turned what we like to do into a thriving custom development business in St. Louis. Now, we are looking for project managers to help grow our organization by keeping the development team organized, on timeline, on task and on budget.

Project Manager Jobs in St. Louis Area

Your primary role as a project manager would be to join our development team to manage client projects and add a valuable skill set to our organization.

You will be responsible for managing the thousands of details that make up each software project. We expect management of the highest quality possible. You will be working directly with our clients and development team to manage team members, deliverables, developer work assignments, timelines, beta testing and QA, issues, support requests, and budgets.

Project managers will be in regular communication with our clients to give them consistent updates on their software development projects. You will work directly with the owners, executive staff and our custom development team in St. Louis. Most hours will be between 8 am and 6 pm, but must be accessible at times after hours, with notice, when needed.

The Ideal Project Manager for Custom Development

If you are the right person for this job, you have the ability to…

Have a significant attention to detail

Have a relentless drive to see a set of tasks through to completion

Use your management skills to professionally manage a group of developers

Be a watchdog for the development team to spot problems before they happen

Thoroughly see a given development project all the way through

Not make excuses to miss deadlines and commitments

Rigorously hold developers accountable for their deliverables

Provide immediate feedback to clients’ requests so they know that they are well taken care of

Handle multiple projects at one time

Constantly review timelines, work in process, budgets, etc. to make sure projects stay on track

Hold firmly to established deadlines and commitments

Not take the easy road, but take the road that is needed to do an awesome job for the client

Be the “Steady Eddie” and work consistently to achieve a set of goals

Communicate effectively with the client and extract concepts and requirements

Concisely pass off a specific set of requirements to a developer

Respectfully manage and be a good steward of our clients’ project budgets

Assist developers with prioritizing tasks to allow them to stay in the zone

Not shift developers between tasks, to help them stay focused

Understand and lay out complex systems and the interrelations within those systems

Read a challenging situation and anticipate what needs to be done to make it a success

Take a small set of instructions, understand them and flesh them out into a full set of requirements

Be autonomous and have a “can do” attitude

Knock down all the balls, when too many balls are up in the air

Be incredibly reliable and do the things you say you will do

Be flexible and roll with the punches

Think fast on your feet and quickly adapt to the situation

Clean up a messy or disorganized workspace because you can’t stand it

Freak out when there are loose ends or when a job is left undone

Handle multiple tasks simultaneously without missing a thing

Never lose a thing and know exactly where everything belongs

Have an excellent sense of prioritization for what needs to get done first

Have excellent written and verbal communication skills

Take constructive criticism well so we can improve as a team and move on

Are comfortable in the Office 365 and Google suite of tools

The ideal person is someone that is driven to perform their job with the highest level of quality possible. They have prior experience in custom development firms & custom projects. They are also a fast learner that handles today’s technology as if they have been using it for years.

They have a “can do” attitude and can push projects through to completion. They have great customer service skills and know what is needed to make people feel comfortable and a part of the team or conversation.

This person is someone that is comfortable with themselves and knows exactly what is needed to get a job done with little or no direction. They understand the big picture of a custom development software project. The ideal applicant can take that experience to break down large projects into smaller consumable pieces for the web developers.

We need project managers that are very organized, with excellent attention to detail. They have great writing skills with a professional tone, good grammar and good spelling. They are usually the organizer in the crowd and people go to them to help out or lead.

If this is you, we look forward to meeting you and seeing what we can accomplish together! Please email your cover letter and resume to resumes@swipsystems.com to be considered for our project manager jobs in the St. Louis area.